First crash of an IDF Black Hawk helicopter since entering service in 1994
An IDF helicopter crash in Gaza claimed the lives of two soldiers from the IDF Special Tactics Rescue Unit 669, with another six others wounded, the military announced.
The names of the two IDF soldiers who were killed were released for publication.
They were named as Chief Master-Sgt (res.) Daniel Alloush (37) from Tel Aviv-Yafo, and Chief Master Sgt. (res.) Tom Ish-Shalom (38) from Nes Harim.
“Overnight, an Israeli Air Force ‘Yanshuf’ helicopter, which was on a mission to evacuate an injured soldier to a hospital for medical treatment, crashed while landing in the Rafah area in the Gaza Strip,” the IDF stated.
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